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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Now Is the Time to Admit It, America: Trump Is a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron  —  DIRE STRAITS  —  If you can't see it now, you're the problem.  —  OPINION  —  He is not just joking.  He is not just trolling.  —  He is not owning the libs.  He is not simply toying with the mainstream media.
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump's Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw  —  Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?  —  Let me begin by quoting, in full, a letter that the president of the United States of America sent yesterday to the prime minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal  —  Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.  —  The United States is a global superpower and its military trains for war in every domain.
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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway's Prime Minister About Greenland
Daniel Esparza / Aleteia:
U.S. Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland  —  Speaking to England's BBC, Archbishop Timothy Broglio says conscience could permit refusal of an unjust military order.  —  Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders …
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Justice Department weighs rollback of gun regulations  —  Administration seeks to placate gun rights groups that have criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi.  —  The Justice Department is considering loosening a slate of gun regulations as it seeks to bolster support from ardent Second Amendment advocates …
Discussion: The Independent
Amelia Benavides-Colón / NOTUS:
Top DOJ Official: Don Lemon ‘On Notice’ After Filming Minnesota Church Protest  —  The former CNN star said he had “no affiliation” with the demonstrators and that he was simply documenting the scene.  — Copy  —  A top Department of Justice official said on Monday she had put independent …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
DOJ civil rights chief blasts Don Lemon as she vows charges against anti-ICE protesters who interrupted church service
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Walz was also asked about foreign ties during Harris vetting, sources tell CNN  —  Tim Walz US elections Race & ethnicity  —  Josh Shapiro wasn't the only finalist to be Kamala Harris' running mate who was asked if he had ever been an agent of a foreign government, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.
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Washington Post:
Gov. Shapiro, a top 2028 contender, recounts chat with Trump, beef with Harris in new book
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
AP Source: Fed Chair Powell to attend Supreme Court argument on Cook case  —  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Trump Demands Bonkers ‘Ceremony’ in Front of Global Elite  —  PARTICIPATION PRIZE  —  The last-minute push comes just hours after admitting he's ready to blow up the world order because he wasn't awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  —  Video  —  President Donald Trump wants to hijack …
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Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
‘My hands were really shaky’: high-school journalist documents ICE raids  —  Lila Dominguez was working on an article as agents came on to school grounds - their presence has jolted Minneapolis's young people  —  When immigration enforcement agents came on to her Minneapolis high school's grounds …
Morgan Wolfe / KARE-TV:
Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney  —  A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — A combat-wounded Army veteran …
Ian Sample / The Guardian:
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows  —  Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways - something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees  —  Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle …
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
She helped him flee a rally, then learned he was a right-wing provocateur  —  Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, jumped into a stranger's car after he was driven from his anti-immigrant march in Minneapolis by a large counterprotest.  —  Daye Gottsche let the stranger into the car without knowing …
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees  —  LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her New Jersey district.  Now she faces seventeen years in prison.  —  On the Friday before Mother's Day, LaMonica McIver, a first-term Democratic congresswoman from New Jersey …
 
 
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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway's Prime Minister About Greenland   Find
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Francesca Regalado / New York Times:
Trump Issues M.L.K. Day Proclamation After Criticism   Find
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Rachael Bade / The Inner Circle, with Rachael Bade:
🧊Trump's ICE quagmire; Dems' ICE reversal 🧊   Find
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New York Times:
Has the U.S. Lost Measles Elimination Status?   Find
 
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